Wednesday 20th October 2021
Too little climate protection
Green youth criticized traffic light plans
In the youth organization of the Greens, displeasure is stirring: the proposals of the SPD, FDP and their parent party for a possible traffic light government do not go far enough. The criticism of the youth is aimed at the core green issue: climate policy. The activists from Fridays for Future also speak out.
The Green Youth has expressed its criticism of the previous proposals of the traffic light negotiating partners on climate protection. “In the current state of negotiations at the traffic light, climate protection is neglected,” wrote the youth organization of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen on Twitter. The organization joins the demands of the climate activists from Fridays before Future.
The Green Youth calls on the SPD, Greens and FDP in their tweet to limit the emissions of climate-damaging carbon dioxide (CO2) in such a way that global warming of more than 1.5 degrees is prevented. In addition, the junior organization is calling for the use of natural gas to be phased out by 2035 at the latest and a “consistent and socially acceptable” phase-out of coal by 2030 at the latest.
The organization Fridays for Future had previously warned the SPD, the Greens and the FDP to fix a much more ambitious climate protection in their upcoming negotiations for the formation of a future federal government. To this end, she presented her demands for the first 100 days to the new federal government. “We are not talking about the greening of government work, we are talking about comprehensive system changes that are pending. A ‘business as usual’ in eco-liberal is doomed to failure,” said activist Luisa Neubauer.
Among the demands are an installation stop for fossil internal combustion engines from 2025 as well as an immediate new construction and expansion stop for motorways and federal highways. Accordingly, at least 14 billion euros should be set annually for international climate finance. In order to emphasize the demands, Fridays for Future wants to take to the streets in Berlin again this Friday. Activists from all over Germany are expected.
Meanwhile, the largest association of German organic farmers took the results of the negotiations to court and sees them as a step backwards towards the EU’s agricultural goals. “What was written down in the exploratory paper on the areas of agriculture, nutrition and the environment basically falls behind what is already on the realpolitical agenda,” said Bioland President Jan Plagge of the “Augsburger Allgemeine”.